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Undergraduate

Learn in state-of-the-art facilities at one of the first institutions in the country to establish biophysics as an independent discipline.

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PhD Programs

Choose from the Program in Molecular Biophysics; Program in Cell, Molecular, Developmental Biology, and Biophysics; or the Jenkins Biophysics Program.

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Our faculty specialize in solving biological problems using a combination of chemistry, biology, physics, mathematics, and computer science.

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Yuan He, expert in structural biology, joins department

The Hub recently featured Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Structural Biophysics and Chromatin Biology Yuan He, whose work explores how flaws in the transcription and DNA repair pathways contribute to cancer […]

Dr. Indrajit Badvaram Defends Thesis

The Thomas C. Jenkins Department of Biophysics is pleased to announce that Dr. Indrajit Badvaram of the Camley Lab successfully defended his thesis: Physics of Membrane Curvature Sensing by Proteins. […]

Dr. Ting-Wei Liao Defends Thesis

The Thomas C. Jenkins Department of Biophysics is pleased to announce that Dr. Ting-Wei Liao has successfully defended his thesis entitled: Exploring the Functional Kinetics of Biological Machines. Congratulations, Ting-Wei!